Dan Richardson and Dan Stacy talk antlers while sizing up a pronghorn antelope at the Pawleys Outdoor Expo at All Saints Church. The benefit for Tara Hall, Friendship Place and Island Graces Café was put on by the church men’s group.Tanya Ackerman/Coastal Observer

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Detectives are on the case of a mystery in Murrells Inlet. This one is not “elementary.” Pollution detectives are trying to unravel the source of fecal coliform bacteria that has been closing the shellfish beds in the inlet for decades.
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Before the developer of the Harmony tract outside Georgetown filed for bankruptcy in 2008, he asked the county to call in his letter of credit to finish the infrastructure in the 800-acre project. There was about $700,000 available.
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The Coastal Montessori Charter School and the University of South Carolina Development Foundation are $400,000 apart on a proposal to buy a permanent site for the school at the Prince George tract, charter board members say.
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